FJO
Gold Member
Yeah, don't let reality get in the way of your opinions, FJO. Most of the kids in my county don't even get breakfast at home, let alone lunch. I don't know where you live, but where I live we don't have sidewalks, kids live up to 20 miles from their school, and we frequently have temperatures below 0 in the winter. We ain't the Waltons anymore, friend.The system gives Michelle a reason to butt her nose into where it should not belong.
The whole idea that schools should provide kids lunch - free or otherwise - is nothing short of preposterous.
Kids lunch is the responsibility of the kids' parents. Pack their lunch with the food you prefer your kids to eat.
When I was a kid in war torn Europe no matter how poor we were, my parents always managed to pack a lunch, modest it might have been, and it was better than any taxpayer/government supplied and politically correct tasteless crap.
Same thing with school buses. Let the urchins walk. Is it any wonder that obesity among kids is a problem with the insane coddling they receive from ignorant do-gooder parents and "teachers"?
Not to mention trophies for "participation". Killing the desire to be good, be the best, to compete, just to be politically correct.
And, the worst offender and the greatest cause for catastrophic future failure: Teachers who have no desire to TEACH, only to survive until they are ready to vacuum in their gigantic pension, squeezed out of the taxpayers by confiscatory unions.
Don't blame Michelle Obama for being a pig. She only plays the system.
You know, fortunately, I never had to choose who had breakfast, my kids or me, but if I had to, I would have given my last bite to my kids.
There is no reason in America for any kid to go without breakfast. Or lunch. Or supper. Parents can always get by with fewer cigarettes, bottles of beer or any of the current favorite mind killer drug.
So, living in the country is a set back? I walked 2 and a half kilometers one way to and from school, carrying my books and the lunch my mother made for me. Sidewalks? Forget it. Those kids who lived far away took bus or train, expenses covered by their parents. As far as severe weather, the winter in central Europe is every bit as severe as it is in Minnesota or Montana.
Based on your posts, you have became coddled beyond any reasonable measure. You could not be as hardy, as honest as decent as the Waltons, if you tried.